DRESDEN, Germany, May 27 (Reuters) - Little more than a
gentlemen's club in recent years, G7 finance ministers and
central bankers have their work cut out this week to revive
stuttering global growth and defuse tensions over China's claims
to economic power.

Topping the agenda for the finance chiefs from the Group of
Seven industrial nations is how to keep a faltering global
recovery on track as the threat of a Greek default, rising oil
prices and bond market turmoil fuel investor nervousness.

The United States is likely to use the talks, beginning late
on Wednesday and running through to Friday, as an opportunity to
press Europe to reach a funding-for-reforms deal with Greece, an
official close to the discussions said.

"I would expect the Americans to put pressure on the
Europeans in Dresden about Greece," the official said.
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